brown



2 Sheets-Sheet 1 (No Model.)

I. W. BROWN.

DRESS FORM.

No. 399,181. Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

N. PETERS. mwum m Wuhingkzn, n. c.

2 Sheets-Sheet 27 F. W. BROWN.

DRESS FORM.

(No Model.)

No. 399,181. Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

EZUGHZQT Q75) 9 w laziness e5 UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICR FREDERlC K \V.BROlVX, OI (.iAMBRIDGEPOIt'l, ASSIGNOR TO OLl\'ER XVHYTE & (0, OFBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DRESS=FORM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 899,181, dated March 5,1889.

Application tiled August 10, 1888. $erial No. 282,445. (No model) To all1071 0721, it may concern:

, Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. Baown, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cambridgcpcrt, in the county of Middlesex and Stateof illassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDress-Forms; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the sa1nc,reterencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part oi; this specification.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of dress-form provided with myimprovement. horizontal section on line 1. l of Fig. 1. hi 3 is an underside view of one of the adj us crs prtwidcd with notches, as described;Fig. -'l, a similar view of the same without said notches. Fig. 5 is atop view of the flanged slide provided with projections, as set forth;

and Fig. 6, asimilar view of same without 1 said projections.

The nature of my invention is defined in the claims hereinafterpresented.

In the drawings, A denotes the standard for sustaining the dress-form,it beingsuppmrtcd at its lower portion in a suitable stand, in which itcan be raised orloweredandulamped in position at the desired height inthe usual way. The standard is formed in two parts, a y, coupledtogether at .2, each portion having a sm'ew-thread, r or a, formed onits upper part. A knob is secured to the top of the standard, asrepresented.

B is the dress-form, made in sections, each section being sustained byrods C, connected to the form and to a head, D, applied to the standard,so that it can turn thereon, said head resting at its bottom on thecoupling 2.

E is a flange or collar fixed to the standard, below which and soarranged as to turn on said standard is a head, F, which rests on abearing, ll, on the standard, and to said head is pivoted a series ofadjusters, G, there being as many of said adjusters as there aresections to the form. Each adjuster is represented made of a singlepiece of flat strip metal, it having a straight portion, a, a curvedportion, h, fastened. at its end to the Pi 2 is a v v i l part (1., andan eye, 1", the latter-being pivoted, as shown, to the head F. The outersurface of the curved part b of each adjust-tr bears against thesectional portion of the waist band of the form, and is arranged betweenearsff projecting therefrom. A pin, y, sustained in the said carsfj",serves to connect the said curved portion of each adjuster to thewaistband-sect ion. The pin g may, however, be dispensed with. The parts(t of each adjuster is provided with notches 71 shown, to receive theprojections vi, formed on the flange-slide K, in order to admit the saidpart a to an opening, 7;, formed in said slide to receive it, and thusconnect: said adjuster to the slid e, the projections i ex tcndin overor upon the upper surface of the part c, as represented. in some casesthcadjust-crs (i are unprovidcd with the notches h in the part (L andthe slide K 'fOllllCLl without the projections i, (see Figs. 5 and 6,)the pressure of the formsection toward the standard being usuallysuliicient to keep the part a of the adjuster against the bottom ot theopeiung 7:. 111 the slide.

The slide K is arranged on the standard so as to be movable verticallythereon, and is connected by rods m with a flanged nut, L, applied tothe scrcw-thread in of the standard. Rods 17 also connect the slide K toanother slide, M, arranged below it on the standard, and to the slide M,and to each section of the skirtfran1e braces o are pivoted. The edgebands of each section of the shirt-form are connected by links pivotedthereto and to each other in the usual way.

To the screw-thread r of the standard a nut, N, is applied, as shown,and extending downward from said nut is a sleeve, 19, provided at itslower end with a bearing, g, on which is arranged so as to turn thereona flanged sleeve, 0, which is connected with a series of neck-adjusters,P, of the same or similar constrnctimi as the adj ustcrs G, they beingalso connected to the neck portioifof the waistforln sections andpivoted to a head, Q, sustained on the standard and arranged to turnthereon in essentially' the same manner as the adjusters G are connectedto the waistbandsections and to the head F.

By revolving the nut- N the flanged sleeve IOO will be raised or loweredand the adjusters connected thereto caused to enlarge or diminish thesize of the neck portion of the form, thus admitting, as will be seen,of an independent adjustment of said portion, as may be desired.

In revolving the dress-form around the standard to enlarge or diminishit in size the heads Q, D, and F will turn on the standard with theform, as will also the slides K and M and the nut L, which, beingconnected to each other by the rods m a, will turn together, and as thenu t. L rises or lowers on the screw 211, so likewise the slides K and Mwill I 5 rise or fall on the standard and move the ad justers G andbraces 0, so as to expand or contract the form in its waist and skirtportions. In the movement of the form about the standard the flangedsleeve 0 will also turn with it about the bearing (1 of the sleeve 1),and consequently the adjusters I will not be moved on their pivots tochange ihe size of the neck portions of the form, the adjustment ofwhich is effected by means of the nut 5 N, as hereinbet'ore S( forth.

The invention herein described is an improvement on that represented inthe United States Patent No. 385,725, granted July 10, 1888, to PatrickQuinn, and to myself assignee, it being simpler in construction and lessexpensive to manufacture, the slotting of the standard and arrangementtherein of the rod B, provided with a head at the top to bear in theknob and at bottom with prongs 3 5 to extend through slots in thestandard, also the arms h and the slotted arms i, being dispensed with,the operative devices in this case being arranged Wholly outside of thestandard, as described and represented.

ings k, combined with the nut L, connected to the standard, as shown,the rods m, connecting said nut and slide, the head F, supported on thestandard, the adjusters G, pivoted to the head and connected to theflanged slide and. to the form-sections, arranged, e0n neeted to eachother, and supported essentially as shown and set forth.

2. The combination of the dress-form made in sections, the standard A,the nut L, and slides K and M on the standard, the head F, also on thestandard and between the nut L and slide K, the rods m, connecting thenut L and the slide K, the rods )1, connecting the slides M and K, therods 0, connecting the slide M with the dress-form sections, the adjusters G, pivoted to the head F and loosely connected to the slide K,and the dress-form sections, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDK. w. BROWN.

Witnesses:

S. N. PIPER, C. F. DANIEns.

